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12 Irrefutable, Amazing Reasons We Need More Diversity In Books | HuffPost

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Equinox, First Nation Superhero, Joins Justice League Canada | HuffPost

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A 16-year-old First Nations teen from Moose Factory, Ont. is set to join an elite cadre of superheroes that includes Batman and Superman.

DC Comics unveiled Equinox as its newest character to CBC News on Friday. She’s the latest superhero to join Justice League United, a five-issue series penned by Toronto artist Jeff Lemire that will see its first issue released on April 23.

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As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White | NPR (June 25, 2013)

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Story posted June 25, 2013.

When it comes to diversity, children’s books are sorely lacking; instead of presenting a representative range of faces, they’re overwhelmingly white. How bad is the disconnect? A report by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that only 3 percent of children’s books are by or about Latinos — even though nearly a quarter of all public school children today are Latino.

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